NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS: A BRIEF REVIEW

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a fibrosing disorder of the skin that develops in patients with advanced renal failure. It mostly presents with progressive hardening or induration of the skin of the extremities. Systemic involvement is also known to occur in this entity. Exposure to gadolinium cont...

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Autores principales: Waikhom, Rajesh, Taraphder, Abhijit
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
IJD Symposium
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21572794
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.77554
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description Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a fibrosing disorder of the skin that develops in patients with advanced renal failure. It mostly presents with progressive hardening or induration of the skin of the extremities. Systemic involvement is also known to occur in this entity. Exposure to gadolinium contrast for radiological evaluation has been identified as the offending agent. The condition is progressive and can be seriously disabling. Therapeutic options are limited and not rewarding in majority of the cases. Awareness of this entity is important so that proper precautionary measures can be taken at the earliest to ameliorate the condition.
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spelling pubmed-30889372011-05-13 NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS: A BRIEF REVIEW Waikhom, Rajesh Taraphder, Abhijit Indian J Dermatol IJD Symposium Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a fibrosing disorder of the skin that develops in patients with advanced renal failure. It mostly presents with progressive hardening or induration of the skin of the extremities. Systemic involvement is also known to occur in this entity. Exposure to gadolinium contrast for radiological evaluation has been identified as the offending agent. The condition is progressive and can be seriously disabling. Therapeutic options are limited and not rewarding in majority of the cases. Awareness of this entity is important so that proper precautionary measures can be taken at the earliest to ameliorate the condition. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3088937/ /pubmed/21572794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.77554 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS: A BRIEF REVIEW
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088937/
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